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Old 31-10-04, 02:02   #1
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My computer recently started randomly turning the hard disk on and off and booting to Windas is a pain becuase of it.

I know for a fact the Hard Disk is fine.

I know for a fact it isn't a software problem.

It also happens to the CD ROM.

What I haven't figured out yet is whether it is the motherboard, power supply, or something else.

Any ideas?
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Old 31-10-04, 02:21   #2
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I'm thinking power supply...what's the watt rating?

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Old 31-10-04, 02:26   #3
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The Ethernet stops working after about 10 minutes, it has to be rebooted to work again.

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Old 31-10-04, 02:28   #4
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Ok...watts seem fine. Who is manufacturer?

Also, it could be a number of things, memory or PCI/AGP card not seated properly, power connectors not coupled correctly. Heat could possibly be a supporting issue. Is there a way to get a temp on your CPU? IIRC you built it yourself? Did you use thermal paste or a thermal pad between the CPU & heatsink? Your mobo could also be grounding out on the case, if it doesn't have the proper spacers.

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I have taken it apart entirely and reassembled it, no dice.

Antec is the psu manufacturer.
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I have taken it apart entirely and reassembled it, no dice.

Antec is the psu manufacturer.
What about CPU temp?
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Old 31-10-04, 02:34   #7
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Old 31-10-04, 02:36   #8
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Checked your event logs for errors?
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Old 31-10-04, 02:41   #10
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Event Log for source: EventSystem

Error 10/29/2004 13:34:08.200 Event System 4098

The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 80040155 from line 39 of D:\n2\private\es\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. This may indicate that the COM+ Event Sytem is not properly installed. Please try reinstalling the COM+ Event System.

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